Baby Sister (album)

Baby Sister
Studio album by June Pointer
Released	June 15, 1983 (1983-06-15)
Studio	Studio 55 (Los Angeles, California) Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B
Length	58:54
Label	Planet
Producer	Richard Perry
June Pointer chronology
Baby Sister (1983) June Pointer (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Baby Sister is the first studio album by June Pointer, released in 1983 on the Planet label. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The album was the debut solo album by June Pointer, as still a member of the Pointer Sisters, and the album featured contribution from her sisters Anita and Ruth. The Norman Whitfield–composed "Ready for Some Action" reached No. 28 on the R&B singles chart. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} It was quoted by author Steven Vass, that, "It was a middling connection of pop songs, ballads, and 1960s retro, and business was disappointingly slow". ^[9]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ready for Some Action"	Norman Whitfield	5:59
2.	"I Will Understand"	Ben Elliott, Burt Conrad, John Barnes	4:32
3.	"To You, My Love"	Tom Bahler	4:26
4.	"New Love, True Love"	Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Trevor Lawrence	4:23

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I'm Ready for Love"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	3:58
6.	"You Can Do It"	Evie Sands, Richard Germinaro, Ben Weisman	4:32
7.	"Always"	David Batteau, Moon Calhoun*, Scott Shelley	3:50
8.	"My Blues Have Gone"	Kim Beacon	4:25
9.	"Don't Mess with Bill"	William "Smokey" Robinson	3:07

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. ^{[10] [3]}

• June Pointer – lead vocals (1-7, 9), backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 9), vocals (8)
• John Barnes – Fender Rhodes (1), synthesizers (1, 2), keyboards (2-6, 8, 9), arrangements (2), Prophet-5 (5)
• Michael Nash – synthesizers (1)
• Derek Nakamoto – synthesizers (2)
• Greg Phillinganes – synth solo (3, 4), synthesizers (7)
• Ian Underwood – synthesizers (3)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (3, 4, 7), synthesizers (5, 6)
• Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers (4)
• Ed Walsh – synthesizers (4, 5, 8)
• Randy Waldman – keyboards (7)
• William "Smitty" Smith – organ (9)
• Howie Rice – lead guitar (1)
• George Doering – guitars (1, 2, 5)
• Tim May – guitars (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (3, 4, 6-9)
• Lee Ritenour – guitars (5), guitar solo (8)
• Ira Newborn – guitars (7)
• Nathan East – bass
• John Robinson – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6-9)
• Norman Whitfield – finger snaps (1)
• Dan Marfisi – percussion (2)
• Victor Feldman – vibraphone (9)
• Gene Page – string arrangements (1, 5)
• Trevor Lawrence – horn arrangements (3, 6, 8, 9), woodwind arrangements (3), tenor sax solo (5, 6)
• Gary Herbig – reeds (6, 8, 9)
• Jim Horn – reeds (6, 8, 9)
• Dick Hyde – trombone (6, 8, 9)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (6, 8, 9)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (6, 8, o)
• Merry Clayton – backing vocals (1)
• Clydie King – backing vocals (1)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (1, 4, 9)
• Marva Holcolm – backing vocals (2)
• James Ingram – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Clydene Jackson – backing vocals (4, 9)
• Anita Pointer – backing vocals (4, 5, 9)
• Ruth Pointer – backing vocals (4, 5, 7, 9)
• Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals (4, 9)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Lisa Roberts – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals (5, 6)

Production

• Richard Perry – producer
• Norman Whitfield – co-producer (1)
• Gabe Veltri – recording, remix assistant
• Humberto Gatica – remixing (1, 2, 5)
• Bill Schnee – remixing (3, 4, 6-9)
• Bobby Gerber – second engineer
• Michael Brooks – assistant engineer
• David Dubow – assistant engineer
• Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
• Susan Epstein – production coordinator
• Bradford Rosenberger – production coordinator
• Eddie Choran – music coordinator
• Peggy Sandvig – music preparation
• John Kosh – art direction, design
• Dick Zimmerman – photography

References

1. "June Pointer – Baby Sister". AllMusic .
2. Pointer, Ruth (2016). Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister. Triumph Books.
3. "June Pointer – Baby Sister". Sessiondays.com.
4. "June Pointer Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R & B and Hip-hop Hits. Billboard. p. 734.
6. Whitburn, Joel (1983). Joel Whitburn's Music Yearbook. Record Research Incorporated. p. 95.
7. "Billboard". April 22, 2006 – via Google Books.
8. "June Pointer Top Songs". Musicvf.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
9. Vass, Steven (February 2, 2024). Let The Music Play: How R&B Fell In Love With 80s Synths. Velocity Press. ISBN   978-1-913231-49-1 . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
10. June Pointer – Baby Sister (liner notes): 1983.

External links

• Baby Sister at AllMusic
• June Pointer at Discogs (list of releases)